After finishing second in La Liga behind fierce rivals Real Madrid and being dumped out of the Champions League quarter-finals under Luis Enrique last season, far greater things are expected of Valverde's Barca.

And Fernandez is confident Barca will bring in all their key targets, even if some players fear they may only have bit-part roles with the Catalan giants.

"We have a lot of information and there's a lot of work going on behind the scenes," he told Barca Magazine.

"It goes without saying that we'll bolster the squad in the positions we need and that they'll be big-name signings.

"The biggest difficulty we face is our own grandeur. A lot of players don't want to come here because they aren't sure they'll get much playing time.